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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Statement of reimbursed expenses paid in May 1780 to Ruggles, Constable of New Milford for transporting a Mulatto girl to Dover Heading(African American, 1779)AuthorRuggles, Samuel; Noble Fine, Jeremiah Boardman, et alHeadlineRevolutionary War document about a mulatto womanDate PublishedDecember 9 -31, 1779, and January 20, 1780 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #2 Early letter from mother of important Union spy Heading(African American, 1834)AuthorVan Lew, ElizaHeadlineMother of famed Civil War spy meets rich free Black in FloridaDate PublishedFebruary 26,1834 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #3 Letter from Moravian missionary to Jamaica revealing racist prejudices he brought from America Heading(African American, 1842)AuthorHolland, Rev. Francis RaymondHeadlineSouthern racist missionary among freed Blacks in JamaicaDate PublishedJan. 22, 1842 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #4 Letter from a whaling ship seaman, a free Black leader of the African American community of New Bedford Heading(African American, 1845)AuthorBrown, William H.HeadlineFree Blacks among the whalers of New BedfordDate PublishedNovember 11, 1845 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #5 Letter of a wealthy family of Virginia Quakers who intended to free their slaves Heading(African American, 1846)AuthorCrenshaw, Nathaniel C.; and Margaret M. Crew;HeadlineVirginia Quakers as benevolent slave-ownersDate PublishedAugust 13-14, 1846 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #6 Letter to Scottish business partner about getting rid of a mentally ill slave woman in an asylum Heading(African American, 1857)AuthorGilmour, JohnHeadlineSlave woman committed to a Virginia asylumDate PublishedMarch 7, 1857 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #7 Letter about an escaped slave recaptured by his master and a near-rescue by indignant soldiers Heading(African American, 1862)AuthorCarter, Zeno AllenHeadlineEscaped slave seized by his master in Civil War WashingtonDate PublishedJuly 19, 1862 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #8 Letter from a young teacher about a cousin and an Abolitionist neighbor who had enlisted in the Union Army. Heading(African American, 1862)AuthorEmmons, Fanny M. [Francis Matilda]HeadlineMassachusetts Abolitionist enlists in Union ArmyDate PublishedOct. 12, [1862] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #9 Letter from slave-owning heiress about legal problems with newly-emancipated slaves in Washington, D.C. Heading(African American, 1862)AuthorHilleary, Eleanor B.M.HeadlineLetter about slaves freed during the Civil WarDate PublishedJuly 21, 1862 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #11 Letter admiring John Rogers’ “Wounded Scout” sculpture depicting ex-slave supporting wounded Union soldier Heading(African American, 1864)AuthorFanny [Cooper?]HeadlineMost popular slave sculpture of Civil WarDate PublishedJuly 15, 1864 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #13 Manuscript Quartermaster Report and printed document relating to "Colored Troops" of the Union Army during the Civil War. Heading(African American, 1864-1865)HeadlineTwo items relating to Black troops in the Civil WarDate Publishedca.1864 and 1865 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #14 Postwar letter from a Doctor and ex-Confederate Cavalry Captain, writes of property taken over by ex-slaves and the general state of depressed spirits in the “old Virginia” which was “no more” Heading(African American, 1866)AuthorWinfield, John QuincyHeadlineConfederate writes about the end to “Old Virginia”Date PublishedJune 3, 1866 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #19 Letter from clergyman who headed an early Civil Rights organization Heading(African American, 1916)AuthorGunner, Rev. ByronHeadlineEarly Civil Rights pioneer among the 1900s Black eliteDate PublishedNovember 7, 1916 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #24 National Urban League promotion for its magazine Opportunity, with supporting letter from the largest Black-owned business in America Heading(African American, 1934)HeadlineLargest Black business promotes Urban League magazineDate Published1934 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #37 Motor Vehicle Digest (cover title) Heading(Automobiles)HeadlineMassive compilation of auto parts 1900-1940Date Publishedc.1930-40 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #38 Six Tucker Company engine blueprints Heading(Automotive - Tucker)HeadlineDesigning the '48 Tucker EngineDate Published1947-1948 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #50 Archive of Clara W. Burnett AuthorBurnett, Clara W.HeadlineEarly woman architect & art teacherDate Published1905-1916 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #72 "Street Car Situation" - broadside relating to the strike by streetcar carmen in San Francisco in 1907 Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorKean, John, Chief of PicketsHeadlineStreetcar strike in San Francisco, 1907 broadsideDate Published1907 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #80 Chief engineer's report of the preliminary surveys for the San Joaquin and Tulare Railroad: with estimates of cost, etc., October, 1873 Heading(California - San Joaquin and Tulare Railroad)Author[Blair, Archibald]HeadlineRailroad survey for San Joaquin and Tulare RRPublisherCubery & Company for the San Joaquin and Tulare RailroadDate Published1873 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #97 Handwritten letter from Eduardo Behn in San Francisco to his wife in Germany Heading(California)AuthorBehn, EduardoHeadlineGerman settler in NorCal brings wife to join himDate PublishedDecember 4, 1851 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #99 Letter presenting a donation to a library fund Heading(California)HeadlineLetter with donation to library fund, 1853Date Published1853 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #102 Letter from Banking House of D.O. Mills to Leland Stanford Heading(California)AuthorMiller, HenryHeadlineLetter to Leland Stanford, 1862Date Published1862 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #108 Letter by a Vermont farmer extolling the Canadian rebellion for liberty Heading(Canada - 1837 Rebellion)AuthorHenry, Rufus C.HeadlineAmerican's letter about 1837 Upper Canada rebellionDate PublishedDecember 9, 1837 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #114 Receipt Signed by first President of the Illinois Conference Female Academy Heading(Civil War - Lincoln association)AuthorJaquess, James FrazierHeadlineAutograph of Lincoln secret peace envoy to Jefferson DavisDate PublishedMarch 27, 1849 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #115 Letter from a Tennessee lawyer to an Arkansas Judge hailing Tennessee’s imminent secession Heading(Civil War - Secession)AuthorMcEwen, Jr., Robert HoustonHeadlineNashville lawyer lauds Tennessee SecessionDate PublishedJune 4, 1861 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #131 Manifest listing a shipload of Chinese laborers bound for Havana, headed "Emigracion China para la Isla de Cuba" Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineChinese coolies bound for Cuba, 1866Date PublishedJanuary 16, 1866 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #132 Manifest listing Chinese laborers bound for Havana Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineChinese laborers bound for Cuba in 1867Date PublishedFebruary 15, 1867 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #133 Report on the importation of Chinese indentured labor, or slaves, and its effects Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineSpanish report on Chinese labor in Cuba, 1855Date Published1855 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #134 Two registration forms for Chinese immigrant indentured laborers in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineRegistration forms for Chinese labor in CubaDate Publishedc.1860 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #137 Renewal contract for a Chinese indentured servant in Cuba, signed in Chinese Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineContract for Chinese servant in Cuba 1877Date Published1877 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #140 Two documents describing the attack on Jaruco, Cuba by the independence forces led by General Antonio Maceo Heading(Cuba)HeadlineBattle in Cuban War for Independence 1896 MS.Date PublishedFebruary 19, 1896 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #154 The Southern's Palm Limited: Over the Pennsylvania Railway - Southern Railway - Plant System and Florida East Coast Railway Heading(Florida)HeadlineRide the Palm Limited to Florida, 1902PublisherThe Matthews-Northrop WorksDate Published[1902] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #160 Magnificent Miles. Sunny Southwest Escorted Tour: Highway Highlights of Your Escorted Vacation by Greyhound Heading(Greyhound Bus Lines)HeadlineTouring the Southwest on a GreyhoundDate Published[1959] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #166 Labor Contract -- Olelo Aelike Heading(Hawaii)HeadlineJapanese laborer at Hawaiian sugar plantationDate PublishedDec. 6, 1897 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #177 Letter from Idaho pioneer about mining and political troubles Heading(Idaho)AuthorHyndman, WilliamHeadlineIdaho pioneer letter about mining and politicsPublisherPhiladelphia and Idaho CompanyDate PublishedAugust 23, 1896 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #178 The Rail-Roads, History, and Commerce of Chicago: Three Articles Published in the Daily Democratic Press Heading(Illinois - Chicago pre-fire imprint)Headline1854 Chicago railroad progressPublisherDemocratic Press Job and Book Steam Printing OfficeDate Published1854 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #204 Letter of thanks for two annual subscriptions to the Lady’s Book Heading(Melville, Herman)AuthorChristy, William H.HeadlineForgotten figure in a Herman Melville literary disputeDate PublishedNovember 27, 1839 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #208 Manuscript broadside regarding naval recruitment to execute the war against the Texas colonists Heading(Mexico - Texas War)HeadlineManuscript from Texas-Mexico war 1836Date PublishedMay 25, 1836 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #210 Trading With Mexico Heading(Mexico and the FBI)AuthorThompson, WallaceHeadlineAssociation copy to World War I FBI spymasterPublisherDodd, MeadDate Published1921 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #223 Escrituras de la casa No 137 de la Calle de San Jeronimo Heading(Mexico)AuthorMaya, RamónHeadlineAbstract of title for a Mexico City propertyDate Published1705-1908 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #240 Before the Interstate Commerce Commission. In the matter of the Application of Certain Railroads represented by R.H. Countiss to be relieved from the operation of the long- and short-haul provisions... Brief of Railroad Commission of Nevada Heading(Nevada - Railroads)HeadlineBrief in Nevada railroad case, 1910Publisher[State Printing Office]Date Published1910 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #248 The First Air Cruise to Chile Heading(Pan American Airways)HeadlinePan Am flights to Chile with color pictorial mapDate Publishedc.1935-37 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #254 Eight Presidential Memoirs signed by First Ladies Heading(Presidential)HeadlineAll signed by American First LadiesDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #255 Four signed memoirs by U.S. Presidential candidates Heading(Presidential)HeadlineAll signed by U.S. Presidential candidatesDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #256 Six signed volumes from the Bush Family Heading(Presidential)HeadlineAll signed by members of the Bush familyDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #257 Three signed memoirs Jean and Edward M. Kennedy Heading(Presidential)HeadlineSigned by Jean Kennedy Smith and Edward M. KennedyDate Published2006-2016 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #259 Land grant signed by John Quincy Adams Heading(Presidents, 1825)AuthorAdams, John QuincyHeadlineLand grant signed by President John Q. AdamsDate Published1826 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #264 Signed Appointment of Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., as Representative to the United Nations Heading(Presidents, 1953)AuthorEisenhower, Dwight D.HeadlineEisenhower appoints Lodge Ambassador to UNDate Published1953 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #265 Photograph of John F. Kennedy by Yousuf Karsh, inscribed signed by Kennedy in ink on the image Heading(Presidents, 1961)AuthorKennedy, John F.HeadlineInscribed Kennedy portrait by Yousuf KarshDate Published1960 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #266 A White House Diary Heading(Presidents, 1963)AuthorJohnson, Lady BirdHeadlineBookplate signed by Lady Bird and initialed LBJPublisherHolt, Rinehart and WinstonDate Published1970 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #267 The Thirty-eighth President Heading(Presidents, 1974)AuthorFord, Gerald R.HeadlineSigned by U.S. President Gerald R. FordPublisherJack Bacon & CompanyDate Published2001 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #268 Five works signed by Jimmy Carter Heading(Presidents, 1977)AuthorCarter, JimmyHeadlineAll signed by President Jimmy CarterPublisherVarious publishers View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #269 Jimmy Carter seven volume set from Easton Press Heading(Presidents, 1977)AuthorCarter, JimmyHeadlineJimmy Carter Easton Press setPublisherThe Easton PressDate Published1995 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #270 Where's the Rest of Me Heading(Presidents, 1981)AuthorReagan, RonaldHeadlineSigned by Ronald ReaganPublisherDuell, Sloan & PearceDate Published[1965] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #271 Signed memoirs from Bill and Hillary Clinton Heading(Presidents, 1993)HeadlineSigned memoirs from Bill and Hillary ClintonPublisherAlfred A. Knopf; Simon & Schuster View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #272 Three works by George W. Bush Heading(Presidents, 2001)AuthorBush, George W.HeadlineAll signed by President George W. BushPublisherCrown PublishersDate Published2010-2021 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #273 Three works signed by George W. Bush Heading(Presidents, 2001)HeadlineThree works signed by President George W. BushPublisherVarious publishers View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #282 The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 AuthorShirley, Dame [Clappe, Louise Amelia Knapp Smith]HeadlineShirley Letters signed by Thomas C. RussellPublisherThomas C. RussellDate Published1922 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #289 Three signed Apollo 13 Memoirs Heading(Space - NASA)HeadlineThree signed Apollo 13 MemoirsPublisherVarious publishers View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #290 Three signed Memoirs from Apollo Astronauts Heading(Space - NASA)HeadlineThree signed memoirs from Apollo AstronautsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #291 Three signed memoirs from NASA astronauts Heading(Space - NASA)HeadlineThree signed NASA MemoirsPublisherVarious publishers View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #300 Sworn statement that a horse “estrayed” by another man, was their property, “appraised at thirty dollars Spanish”, describing the animal in detail, including a simple drawing of the brand on the Bay mare’s right hip. Heading(Texas)AuthorTegener, Frederick and John P. StroopeHeadlineGerman-American Abolitionist in Confederate TexasDate PublishedJune 16, 1859 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #301 How the Coreys Went West AuthorThomson, Permelia CoreyHeadlineHow the Coreys Went West with signed letterPublisherPress of Frye & SmithDate Published1908 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #304 Collection of early materials about Grand Coulee Dam Heading(Washington - Grand Coulee Dam)HeadlineSandblasting at the Grand Coulee DamDate Publishedc.1945 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #322 The History and Description of the Great Western Railway, including its Geology... AuthorBourne, John CHeadlineDepictions of early railway engineeringPublisherDavid Bouge, Fleet StreetDate Published1846 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #323 Letter about conditions on slave ships in Brazil Heading(Brazil - Slavery)AuthorMacedo, Constantino Tavares deHeadlineOvercrowding on Brazilian slave ships, 1829Date Published1829 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #325 Four signed Memoirs by British Prime Ministers Heading(British Prime Ministers)HeadlineAll signed by British Prime MinistersPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1974-2019 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #326 Four volumes of Harold Macmillan's Memoirs Heading(British Prime Ministers)AuthorMacmillan, HaroldHeadlineFour volumes by Harold Macmillan, one signedPublisherMacmillan London Ltd.Date Published1966-1973 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #339 Two signed works by Václav Havel Heading(Czechoslovakia)AuthorHavel, VáclavHeadlineTwo signed works by Václav HavelPublisherVarious publishers View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #348 Two signed works from Nicolas Sarkozy Heading(French Presidents)AuthorSarkozy, NicolasHeadlineTwo works signed by Nicolas SarkozyPublisherAlbin Michael; PlonDate Published1995; 2016 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #349 Mémoires: Venu de ma Montagne Heading(French Prime Ministers)AuthorReynaud, PaulHeadlineSigned by French Prime Minister Paul ReynaudPublisherFlammarionDate Published[1960] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #352 Six memoirs signed by Helmut Schmidt and Helmut Kohl Heading(German Chancellors)HeadlineSigned memoirs from two German ChancellorsPublisherVarious publishers View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #355 La Croisière noire: Expédition Citroën Centre-Afrique AuthorHaardt, Georges-Marie and Louis Audouin-DubreuilHeadlineViews of 1924-25 car trip through AfricaPublisherLibrairie PlonDate Published1927 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #376 Oh My Past... Memoirs of a Child AuthorLe Roux, HuguesHeadlineUnique English translation of Le Roux's memoirsDate Published[c.1910s] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #392 A Way of Hope: An Autobiography Heading(Poland)AuthorWałęsa, LechHeadlineSigned by Polish President Lech WalesaPublisherHenry Holt and CompanyDate Published1987 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #433 Map of the South San Francisco Homestead and R.R. Association prepared for final division and distribution among the shareholders... Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorHoadley, William H. & James H. BryanHeadlineMS. real estate map of southeast S.F. 1867Date Published12 February 1867 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next